Our People

Fazlyn Yu Mohd Farid Yu graduated from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) with a First-Class LL. B (Hons) in 2021.

She was attached to High Court Johor Bahru as a legal intern in 2020. She underwent her pupillage at our JB Office under the supervision of Partner, Syed Muhammad Ridza Syed Abdullah. During her pupillage, she was involved in conveyancing-related matters and in the drafting of conveyancing agreements which consisted of sale and purchase agreements and loan agreements. She was also involved in corporate matters under the supervision of our Senior Associate, Mohd Zam Mustaman.

Having a keen interest in research and analysis, she pursued Master of Laws (LL.M) in UITM and was awarded with the Excellent Candidate Award with a CGPA of 3.88. The core elective subjects that have been taken during the master’s degree are advanced company law, corporate insolvency law, Islamic banking and securities law, insurance law, shareholder remedies, and the law of electronic commerce. Other than that, during her postgraduate studies, she joined the International Law Student Conference by submitting a research paper on the controversies and challenges of Islamic banking products: A Comparative Analysis between Bay Al Inah and Tawarruq.

She is currently part of the JB Office under the supervision of our Partner, Syed Muhammad Ridza Syed Abdullah.

Nur Ad’durah Alias graduated from University of Malaya (UM) with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) with a Second Class (Upper Division) in 2022.

Her legal experience began with Y S Ling & Co as their Legal Intern. During the internship, she was mainly trained for litigation practice and several conveyancing matters. Drafting letters, cause papers and legal research for Criminal and Family law issues were the main responsibilities she was assigned to. Additionally, she had experience in drafting legal opinion to advise a foreign company on employment practice.

As a student, she was actively involved in extracurricular activities. She was simultaneously appointed as the Head of Multimedia for her Faculty’s associations, namely, Community Outreach Programme (COP) and Lawfac Islamic Student Association (LISA). On top of that, she is passionate about education equality where it was mostly shown in her volunteering activities. She used to join volunteering programmes organised by ENLITE, MYReaders and Baitul Bahiyah to teach the less fortunate children.

All in all, she is interested in Corporate and Employment Laws. Nonetheless, she believes in being flexible when it comes to gaining knowledge. Her Master is our Partner, Mohd Sallahudin Abdullah.

Grace Wong graduated from University of London with a Second Class (Upper Division) LL.B (Hons) in 2020 and completed her Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) the following year.

She has undergone an internship with Battenberg & Talma Co. in 2020 where she explored mainly litigation and conveyance work. She was trained to carry out research tasks and draft letters.

She was an active student participating in mooting competitions during her university days. She hosted several internal events organized by the university via Zoom. Besides, she has won the ‘Best Performer’ for the individual category and “Best Team” for the group category in a legal discussion forum regarding whether juveniles should be tried and punished like adults for serious offenses in 2021. Other than that, she has been involved in a legal workshop organized by Bright Network UK focusing on commercial law in 2020. She also participated in a work sample about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) with guidance from Senior Professional Lawyer Support, Slaughter, and May in 2020.

Her Master is our Senior Partner, Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali.

Fatin Nazihah Abdul Razak graduated from Universiti Malaya with a LL.B (Hons) in 2022.

She had the opportunity to undergo an internship with PETRONAS under Group Legal, in Legal Compliance Department specializing in Sanctions and Export Control in August 2022. Throughout the internship, she had the chance to assist in drafting policies, engaging with professionals of different fields including assisting her supervisor in managing an Export Control Project alongside with external foreign solicitors from the United States. Apart from doing substantial research on various matters, she was also actively involved in drafting the guidelines on sanctions compliance relating to logistics and shipping industry.

Fatin Nazihah was an active student in both academics and extra-curricular activities. In the third year of her studies, she held the position of Vice-Director of Community Outreach Programme – a student-lead society under the UM’s Faculty of Law that focuses on educating the marginalized communities about basic laws through interactive teaching and learning method. She also represented UM’s Faculty of Law to participate in Access to Justice Week and Regional CLE Mock Trial Workshop 2019 at Uniserv, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. On top of that, Fatin was selected as a delegate to Universitas Indonesia for the Street Law Student Exchange Programme in 2020.

Besides that, Fatin Nazihah is also an active volunteer outside the varsity. She volunteered as a tutor at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Tampoi where she helped teach orang asli students. She also volunteered with Rumah Kita which provides temporary housing, nourishment, pre- and post-natal care for young women.

Her field of interest is in Corporate and Commercial Law, as well as Banking and Finance. Building on this interest, she aspires to venture into the realms of corporate practice in the future.

Her Master is our Partner, Abu Daud Abd Rahim and she is currently attached to Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Practice Group.